001/* 002 * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors. 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 014 * limitations under the License. 015 */ 016 017package org.springframework.core.convert.converter; 018 019/** 020 * For registering converters with a type conversion system. 021 * 022 * @author Keith Donald 023 * @author Juergen Hoeller 024 * @since 3.0 025 */ 026public interface ConverterRegistry { 027 028 /** 029 * Add a plain converter to this registry. 030 * The convertible source/target type pair is derived from the Converter's parameterized types. 031 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the parameterized types could not be resolved 032 */ 033 void addConverter(Converter<?, ?> converter); 034 035 /** 036 * Add a plain converter to this registry. 037 * The convertible source/target type pair is specified explicitly. 038 * <p>Allows for a Converter to be reused for multiple distinct pairs without 039 * having to create a Converter class for each pair. 040 * @since 3.1 041 */ 042 <S, T> void addConverter(Class<S> sourceType, Class<T> targetType, Converter<? super S, ? extends T> converter); 043 044 /** 045 * Add a generic converter to this registry. 046 */ 047 void addConverter(GenericConverter converter); 048 049 /** 050 * Add a ranged converter factory to this registry. 051 * The convertible source/target type pair is derived from the ConverterFactory's parameterized types. 052 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the parameterized types could not be resolved 053 */ 054 void addConverterFactory(ConverterFactory<?, ?> factory); 055 056 /** 057 * Remove any converters from {@code sourceType} to {@code targetType}. 058 * @param sourceType the source type 059 * @param targetType the target type 060 */ 061 void removeConvertible(Class<?> sourceType, Class<?> targetType); 062 063}